Philippine E-Journals

All That is Holy Profaned? The Disenchantment of Romantic Love Under Global Capitalism

Yellowbelle Duaqui

 

Abstract:

 In modern times, the taken for granted assumption that love and money are marriageable ends frequently goes unchallenged. While love is considered to be an abstract philosophical value or a Christian virtue, money has strong materialist moorings. In the popular imagination, however, a distinction between these two concepts seems blurred and is even glorified to be reconcilable.